Niantic prison escapees captured in Hartford

Two women that escaped Saturday from the York Correctional Facility in Niantic were captured Sunday night, state police reported.

JAMES MOSHER

Two women that escaped Saturday from the York Correctional Facility in Niantic were captured Sunday night, state police reported.

Both were taken into custody without incident around 8 p.m. Sunday, police said. Melissa Riley, 30, with a last known address of 27 Cemetery Ave., Scotland, and Jessica Rivera, 34, with a last known address of 22 West Farm St., Waterbury, were transported to the Troop E Montville state police barracks following their capture. Both are being held on $500,000 bond at York and are scheduled to appear in New London Superior Court at a date that wasn’t specified in the state police’s press release.

Riley had been in York because of convictions on larceny and possession of narcotics charges, the press release said. Rivera, who had escaped once previously, is serving time for robbery and burglary charges.

The women were reported missing from the prison around 8:30 p.m. Saturday.